'First' traffic lights

The Isles of Scilly are about to get their first ever set of traffic lights - almost 150 years after they arrived on the UK mainland, reports the Independent on Sunday.

They are on the island of St Mary's, the largest of five inhabited islands off the coast of Cornwall.

But the lights are only being used temporarily while improvement works at the airport are carried out.

The Independent on Sunday says the reforms, to be formally announced on Monday, are also expected to see patient consultations take place via video-link, secure email and telephone. But the paper outlines what it sees as a history of "broken promises" in the NHS since 2004.

The government says it still has a zero-tolerance approach to the issue but contends that some infections are a consequence of "factors outside the control of the NHS".

Different apparent pressures on the NHS are highlighted in the Sunday Times. The paper reports the results of a Freedom of Information request that indicates a rising number of women - almost 33,000 in the past three years - were sent home from hospitals in England and Wales in the middle of the night after giving birth.

It says this is despite experts warning that such action can put them at risk. The maternity and child health minister Dr Dan Poulter tells the paper new mothers should be discharged only if ready and after a clinical consultation.

'Surprising remark'

Just what did the Duke of Cambridge mean when he told a well-wisher in New Zealand who presented him with a wool shawl for Prince George "you might have to make another one soon"?

While the Mail on Sunday sees the "unguarded comment" as the "biggest hint yet" that he and his wife plan to extend their family following the birth of Prince George eight months ago, the paper points out that it is possible they plan to start trying for another child once they have returned from their official visit to New Zealand and Australia.

The Mail on Sunday's royal correspondent Katie Nicholl says that given the duchess's history of severe morning sickness it is likely she would have been advised not to fly or undertake an arduous tour while in the early stages of a second pregnancy.

The Sunday Times is among the papers to point out that only a month ago, Prince William's response to questions about future siblings was: "Maybe one day. One's enough at the moment."

'Dramatic bid'

£43,000 fare dodger

A hedge fund manager is Britain's biggest fare dodger after he evaded paying almost £42,550 in train tickets for his daily commute, reports the Sunday Times.

The senior executive is thought to have dodged the fare for a 82- minute journey between the village of Stonegate in East Sussex and central London for five years.

He is said to have exploited a loophole that allowed him to pass through exit barriers at Cannon Street in the City with a Transport for London travelcard - paying only a third of the actual cost of his journey.

He was challenged by a ticket inspector and in an out-of-court settlement paid for the fares he evaded and £450 in legal costs.